Event Host: Ohio State ADVANCE
This lecture is part of the Ohio State ADVANCE Faculty Research Lecture Series. The mission of Ohio State ADVANCE is to increase the representation, advancement and recruitment of women faculty in the academic STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) careers, and contribute to the development and success of global research leaders.
Barbara L. Andersen is a Distinguished University Professor and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University. She is trained as a clinical psychologist with expertise in behavioral medicine. As professor of psychology and member of the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Cancer Control and Immunology Programs since 1989, her research portfolio focuses broadly upon biobehavioral aspects of cancer, studies of psychological mechanisms leading to changes in immunity, inflammation, and poor health outcomes, including cancer progression, and psychological intervention development, testing, and dissemination.
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